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    The surname Savoy

    A surname, carried by 7,649 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S100

    Savoy: #4,638 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Savoy #4,638, 7,649 people Savoy: #4,638 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Savoy #4,638, 7,649 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Savoy is more common than 97.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,649 people named Savoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,364 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,304.

    #4,638
    rank among US surnames
    7,649
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,464)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,629Manson7,66340,290
    #4,630Flick7,66140,301
    #4,631Omar7,66040,306
    #4,632Janes7,65940,311
    #4,633Nakamura7,65840,317
    #4,634Moye7,65740,322
    #4,635Thomsen7,65440,338

    Who is named Savoy

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    53% of people named Savoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Savoys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Teresa Ann Savoy
      British-born actress (1955-2017)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Savoy

    Savoy has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Savoy?
    7,649 people in the United States had the surname Savoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,364 Americans. It ranked 4,638th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Savoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Savoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Savoy?
    Teresa Ann Savoy, British-born actress (1955-2017).
    Where is the surname Savoy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Savoy in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Savoy getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,649 in 2010, up 4.7%.